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P. H. INGRJAHM, De0'(1.,

F. INGRAHM, Administratrix.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

No. 310,518. PatentedJan. 6,. 18 85.

Usiirnn drarrs PHILO H. INGRAHM, OF MARATHON, NEYV YORK; FANNY INGRAHMADl\i[INISTRATR-IX OF SAID PHILO H. INGRAI'IM, DECEASED.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,518, dated January6, 1885.

" Application filed January 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILo H. ING-RAHM, of Marathon, county of Cortland,State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Vehicle-Brakes, ofwhich the following descrip tion, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention relates to vehicle-brakes, particularly to that classknown as frontwheel gear-brakes.

The object of my invention is to provide a brake of a strong yet simpleconstruction, which can be applied to the front wheels of an ordinaryfour-wl1eeled vehicle, and which shall be under the control of thedriver and be easily operated by him to brake the wheels when necessary.i

To this end my invention consists, primarily, of the combination, withthe pole, front axle, and hound of an ordinary four-wheeled vehicle, ofa brake-bar held to the hound and capable of lateral movement, a leverpivoted to the pole, and a pair of intermediate levers secured to theaxle, and provided with suitable connecting-rods to attach them to thebrake-bar, and an operating-lever, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and particularl y pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the under side of the front gear of anordinary four-wheeled vehicle with my improved brake applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pole with the bent lever pivotedthereon, the pole being right side up.

The axle a, wheels I), hound d, iron braces 12 0 c and pole f are ofordinary construe tion.

In accordance with my invention I place two levers, g, at the under sideof the axle a, the said levers having their fulcra 011 bolts h,

which are passed successively from the lap down through the usual frontsand -board, (not shown,) but commonly used over and parallel with thefront axle, then through the hound (l, axle a, iron braces c and lever9, where they receive each a nut to secure the bolts and hold the partsin place. The iron braces 0 may be re-enforced about the hole throughwhich the bolts it pass, to provide against weakness at that point. Thebolts it pass through the levers 5 near the outer ends thereof, and saidlevers are arranged in line with the axle, and have their inner endsnear the center of said axle. Two connecting-rods, 13, are fastened tothe inner ends of the levers g, and, projecting forward, are secured tothe shorter arm of a bent lever, j, having its fulcrum 011 a pin orbolt, is, in a mortise made in the pole f, the longer arm of said leverbeing disposed at one end in line with said pole, and receiving at itsend a strong cord, m, said cord being within reach of the driver. Twoother connecting-rods, W, are fastened to the levers g at a pointbetween their inner ends and the bolts h, and are also fastened to abrake-bar, a, which is disposed in rear of the axle a, the said brakebarbeing loosely held on the hound d by means of the metal loops, 0,fastened to said hounds, the said loops being of sufficient length topermit lateral movement of the brake-bar therein toward and from thewheels. The brake-bar a is provided with blocks a", to engage the tiresof the wheels when the brake is applied by the driver.

To apply the brake it is only necessary to raise the longer arm of thebent lever j by the cord m, which will cause the said lever to swing onits pivot and carry its shorter arm forward, which forward movement willbe communicated through the rods 13 to the le vers g, and in turnthrough the rods m to the brake-bar a, whereupon the blocks a of thesaid brake-bar will be brought against the tire of the wheels b to brakesaid wheels. The weight of the longer arm of the bent lever j issufficient to keep the brake-blocks out of engagement with the wheels.

I claim The combination of the pole provided with the bent lever j,extended along and resting on the tongue f, and having the operatingcordan attached to the end of the lever and within reach of the driver, theaxle having the lever g fulcrumed to the under side thereof, the houndsprovided with the brakebar, secured thereto by the metal loops 0, therod a, connecting the levers g andj, and the rods m attached to thelevers 9 between their fulto this specification in the presence of twosubcrum and the rods i, and connecting said 1escribing witnesses.

Vers g and the brake-bar, substantially as PHILO IL GRAHM 5 shown anddescribed, and for the purposes XVitnesses:

set forth.

V. E. STooKwELL, WM. A. STooKwELL.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name I

